The Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis was said to be watered
by a river which separated into four streams as it left the garden; two
of them the Tigris (Dicle) and Euphrates (Firat) rise from the mountains
of Eastern Turkey.

Istanbul has the historical building of
Sirkeci Train Station. This was the last stop of the Simplon-Orient
Express - "kings of trains and train of kings" - between Paris and
Constantinople (Istanbul) from 1883 to 1977.
Agatha Christie was one of the passengers of this famous train.

The number of species of flowers in Turkey
is approximately 9,000, of which 3,000 are endemic. In Europe for instance
there are 11,500 species. This shows the richness of flora
and fauna in Anatolia.

According to the figures of 2000, there are about 9,000 bird species (Aves) in the world, of which 453 are in Turkey.